Hello all, This is my progression thread where I will be sharing the work of my final major project at University. I study Masters in Games Art & Design with a previous background in Architecture. This project is aimed to showcase a concise variety of technical skills based on a game concept I developed within the Star…
Current bake with a quick smart material slapped on: I was hoping to have this all textured by now but I ended up redoing the modelling (a lot) more than I first anticipated. All part of the learning process at the end of the day but I will definitly need to make up for lost time somewhere. I've also taken a look into…
I really needed to get on with other bits of the project but I really couldnt help myself, I had to see if I could do this mesh better (yet again) using the ways you mentioned. Here's what I've done in about 10 mins!
Thank you very much for your comments Alex (and by extension, Michael). I totally understand what you mean. The reality is, this is my first time modelling something like this with such curvature and so as I began modelling the main body of it, I made some destructive mistakes (i.e adding too many loop cuts where they were…
I'm stunned by how quick I was able to do this considering the amoujtn of time I had spent on the previous version. Lesson has definitly been learnt! However, in the interest of progress and my time planning, I will be taking the previous model version forward within development. While this new retopped version is looking…
Another update... Very closed to finishing all exterior modelling. I will not be modelling interior ar this stage. But If I have time at the end, I will do so... Anyways... Low Poly model is 34k tris High Poly model (2 sub divs. Will most likely do 3 or 4 when I export for baking) is 280k tris. Hopefully this is good…
Hey all who are reading, just thought I'd share some work for my first tasks this week. From yesterday (Monday) I have been working on Modelling the LAAT Gunship. I have used this image reference to help get the proportions right. This modelling & texture task is designed (by me) to get myself warmed up and back into the…
Good point. So the use is sort of both... I wanted to do the Low/High Poly workflow as a portfolio piece to prove I can do that. The use of the ship will be seen up-close in game but may also be used in cinematic/show reel content. And I was recommended to follow a UDIM workflow by my tutor. I wanted to follow-up on that…
I'd been dreading this part of the build and I was in split minds on the method to model this. Do I refine the edge by adding more loop cuts and make the model higher poly? Or do I do a Boolean difference and suffer the affects of N-gons? I asked my class mates on our discord (a really brilliant group and I'm very lucking…
Quick update. I'm still a bit stumped on how I will make the lines/panelling look in the image above ^^ But I have pressed onto texturing regardless to keep the ball rolling... Was a lot of in and out of baking and remodelling to get the High poly mesh as close as possible to the low poly mesh. I now have in a state which…